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Ep. 62: Debunking Destiny's Debating
Bob goes through a recent conversation between "Destiny" and Tom Wheelwright on tax policy, in order to debunk the view (among Destiny's fans) that t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 61: Correcting Vivek Ramaswamy and Charlie Kirk on Tariffs
In response to a viewer question, Bob critiques a recent interaction between the two Trump supporters and a libertarian college student asking about …
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 60: Estimating an Upper Bound on Bitcoin's Price Appreciation
Murphy provides a back-of-the-envelope calculation giving a ceiling on what Bitcoin's market cap can be when it reaches global adoption, and then com…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 59: Industry Expert Explains the Difficulties in Achieving Super AI
Christian Hubbs has a PhD in machine learning from Carnegie Mellon, and is the CTO of infineo. He rejoins Bob to explain why the buzz over imminent s…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 58: Using Austrian Economics to Assess Risk in the Credit Markets
Rachel Medlin works in financial services as an economist and risk professional. Her conventional schooling studied mainstream models, but once on th…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 57: Crash Course in Different Business Cycle Theories
Murphy sketches the strengths and weaknesses of the various explanations of the business cycle, put forth by the classical economists, the Keynesians…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 56: Inflation Under Javier Milei: Setting the Record Straight
Bob shows the flaw in progressive criticisms of Milei's inflation record, pointing out that annual figures making the rounds on social media are unfa…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 55: Two Leading Indicators Still Warning of Recession
Bob shows that both the Sahm Indicator and the inverted yield curve are flashing an impending recession. He also shows how the recent Fed rate cut im…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 54: Top 9 Economic Lessons of the Past 35 Years
Robert Murphy summarizes the top 9 events or trends that influenced the economics discipline over the last 35 years, including the fall of the Soviet…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 53: Murphy Responds to Gammon on Foreign Demand for the Dollar
George Gammon, host of the Rebel Capitalist podcast, recently put out a video criticizing Bob's infineo article on foreign demand and the strength of…
1 year, 6 months ago